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Reducing Obesity Health Disparities in Hispanic Youth

NCT03943628 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 280

Last updated 2022-05-12

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Summary

The proposed study will evaluate the efficacy of a family-based obesity prevention intervention in increasing physical activity and improving the quality of dietary intake among Hispanic Youth. Additional primary outcomes that will be examined include drug use and sexual risk behaviors. Secondary outcomes include examining the effects of family functioning and BMI. The knowledge expected to be gained in this study will have strong implications for prevention as well as contribute to the reduction of obesity-related health disparities seen in Hispanic youth.

Conditions

  • Overweight
  • Family Relations
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Drug Use
  • Sexual Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Familias Unidas

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Miami

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Guillermo Prado, PhD · University of Miami

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-12
Primary Completion
2018-12-27
Completion
2018-12-27

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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